Magnesia muriatica
Liver and digestive complaints. Constipation with large, hard, crumbling stools. Hysterical women with uterine and liver complaints. Milk intolerance with liver enlargement.
Source
Trituration of magnesium chloride (MgCl2).
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
['Constipation — stools large, hard, knotty, crumbling at verge of anus', 'Liver enlargement with sensitivity to pressure', 'Uterine and liver complaints in nervous, hysterical women', 'Milk intolerance — causes bilious attacks', 'Eructations tasting like rotten eggs']
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
['Anxiety with restlessness — worse at night in bed', 'Aversion to company; desire to be alone', 'Hysterical disposition with uterine complaints', 'Sensitive to noise']
General Symptoms
['Acts especially on liver and digestive organs', 'Constipation — large hard crumbling stools', 'Uterine cramps and spasms', 'Worse from milk and salt', 'Sea bathing aggravates complaints']
Physical Symptoms
Abdomen
['Liver enlarged, hard, sensitive to touch and pressure', 'Pressing pain in liver when lying on right side', 'Bilious headaches']
Abdomen
['Hard crumbling stools', 'Eructations of rotten eggs', 'Milk disagrees', 'Bloating and distension']
Female Genitalia
['Uterine spasms and cramps', 'Menses dark with bearing-down', 'Leucorrhea with every stool']
Modalities
Better From
['Hard pressure', 'Open air', 'Walking']
Worse From
['Milk', 'Salt', 'Lying on right side', 'Touch', 'Night', 'Sea air']
Constitutional Type
Nervous women with liver and uterine complaints; constipation with hard crumbling stools; intolerance of milk causing bilious attacks.
Clinical Indications
['Liver enlargement', 'Constipation', 'Bilious headache', 'Dysmenorrhea', 'Dyspepsia']
Comparative Materia Medica
['Natrum muriaticum — worse from salt but more emotional suppression and grief', 'Magnesia carbonica — milk intolerance with sour discharges', 'Chelidonium — liver remedy but with right scapula pain']
Safety Information
['Chamomilla', 'Nux vomica']
Magnesium chloride in large doses causes diarrhea. Low toxicity.
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